German and Italian Forces
Commandante Superiore, Generale d'Armata Italo Gariboldi
- Afrika Korps - Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel
- 15th Panzer Division - Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow
- 8th Panzer Regiment - Oberstleutnant Hans Cramer
- 1st Battalion - Hauptmann Johannes Kümmel
- 2nd Battalion - ?
- 1st Battalion of the 104th Motor Infantry Regiment - Wilhelm Bach (stationed at Halfaya Pass)
- Reconnaissance Battalion 33
- 1st Abteilung of the 33rd Artillery Regiment
- 33rd Panzerjäger Battalion (12 50 mm (1.97 in) PaK 38 and 21 37 mm (1.46 in) PaK 36 anti-tank guns)
- 15th Motorcycle Battalion - Hauptmann Curt Ehle
- One anti-aircraft battery (with 13 88 mm (3.46 in) FlaK 18 and 36 anti-aircraft guns)
- 8th Panzer Regiment - Oberstleutnant Hans Cramer
- 5th Light Division - Generalleutnant Johann von Ravenstein
- 5th Panzer Regiment
- 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
- Trento Division - Lieutenant-General Giuseppe de Stefanis
- Three infantry battalions and one artillery regiment (stationed at the Sollum-Musaid-Capuzzo area)
- Korps troops
- Two regiments Italian artillery (stationed at Bardia)
- One regiment FlaK (88 mm guns)
- 15th Panzer Division - Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow
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